Top 20 Old-fashioned Tools for the Small Farm or Homestead

Top 20 Old-fashioned Tools for the Small Farm or Homestead - FHC Q & A

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What are the most useful old-fashioned tools for the small farm or homestead? On this edition of the Farm Hand’s Companion Q and A Show, Pa Mac gives his top 20 picks.
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@dr.froghopper6711

My dad was born in 1929 to a blacksmith/well driller. My grandfather always said that you measured a man’s wealth by the size of the junk pile in his yard and shop. My father survived the Great Depression learning those skills from his father. I didn’t get to know my grandfather well. But my dad taught my brothers and I the value of working with my hands and tools. Now both men are gone and my sons didn’t really get to know my father well. My older brother kept all my dad’s tools except for my grandfather’s anvil and a small farrier’s forge. Both are over 100 years old. I bought most of my own tools over the years though and I have tried to teach my sons how to use them.

@trailwhite7897

My dad only had 1 farm tool that did everything... the shovel. It was the plow, the disc, the hoe, the rake, the post hole digger, the anchor for the yard goat, and the tool that turns a boy to a man... apparently. I planted some apple trees a few weeks ago with my wife and she was bewildered at how much was accomplished so quickly with a dull worn out shovel, so she called my mom who said "oh, yea, its the only tool they ever had. They plowed an acre field every year with that shovel..."

@keithbrigman5179

I love old tools I pick them up whenever I can. I always think of the many hands that used them before me. My father has long sense passed away but I feel a special connection to him when I have the privilege of using one of his old tools

@darylefleming1191

I was watching the countdown thinking where if the file. Very last thing you show is a file. Use a file sharpen your tools and you will use half the effort.

@PhillipMadden-uk4fy

#1 tool in any shop, homestead, or garage is always a hammer lol how did that not even make the list

@barrywilliston7293

Hey Pa Mac, All the tools you showed are necessary on a farm, but my Grandpa would argue you left out one that is used the most. That would be a sturdy knife for whittling or cutting all manner of material, making pegs or whatever was needed.. I do enjoy your videos and hope you continue with them

@DWerner7822

Another great video, Thank you. 15 of your items are on my top 20. Here's the five I have different from yours: Hammer; Chisels; Sledgehammer; Wheelbarrow; and Vice.

@dietagesretter5987

I love your Vids. When I turned 19 I moved to the north of sweden by myself. And now I have a small homestead. I like your tips for simple stuff. Greetings from a German in Sweden💪👍

@onilegends6650

Best tools for a homestead are people plants and animals.

@timbarry5080

Some people call your "one man" cross cut saw a "one and a half man saw", which makes sense to me since the secondary handle is movable for a second person. A one man saw wouldn't be concerned with anyone else.

@AngryPeasants

I love old tools too, connects us with the ancestors.

@georgeschmitt8205

Another important tool for the old-timey farm family was good connections and a decent standing in the community. If you had that, you had nearly every tool in the local community, including the folks who know how to use them.

@user-ib5sv3vl5s

I have a pair of blacksmithing tongs my great great grandfather made to use on the homestead to use with the farm forge. Can see the scarf welds in the handles.

@stephanygates6491

The only tools I don't have from your list are push plow and cottonseed fork! I don't think either one particularly necessary for my purposes. Thanks for another entertaining answer!

@stephenrice4554

Great video , thought provoking , I've got the basics , but my favourites are the bill hook , hand axe and slasher ( bill hook on a longer handle for clearing under hedges ) when hedge laying . Nice to have a kettle and a flint too .